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Progressive Breakfast - 7/20/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Gang Of Six's...
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Gang Of Six's...
Could Wall Street Ever Face a Murdoch Moment Could Its Empire Ever Fall
History books record an empire's fall as a series of dates and events. Battles are fought, people resist, elections are called, arrest warrants are issued. But those are just details. An empire really falls in that moment when people stop believing that it's...
The GOPs Slash Shred and Punish Agenda
If your family was facing economic hardship, what steps would you take to deal with it? Would you look for ways to reduce spending, increase your income, pay your bills, and cover basic necessities as well as invest for the future? Or would you reduce your spending,...
Why Low Wages are Far From Good News
The Austin American-Statesman ran an op-ed Saturday under the head-spinning headline ”Low Texas Wages are Mostly Good News.” No joke. American-Statesman staff writers Lori Taylor and Heather Gregory noted that Texas had the highest percentage of low-wage workers in...
CEO Steve Wynn 1) Scores 200M Quarterly Profit 2) Accuses Obama Of Anti-Business Socialism 3) Praises China
Conservatives and corporate leaders routinely blame President Obama's policies and proposals on progressive taxation and new regulations for the current weak state of the economy. Such claims were reheated yesterday with a fresh blast of hot air from Wynn Resorts CEO...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/19/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Slash, Crush...
Give The People—And The Peoples Budget—A Seat At The Table
Forty-one members of Congress today are calling on the White House to take a simple step toward respecting the views of the American Majority: Include the budget proposal that reflects the American Majority's priorities in the deficit discussions the White House is...
The Peoples Budget Is The Template
The debt limit has been reached. The President should be demanding a "clean" debt ceiling bill instead of letting hostage-takers force negotiations over their ransom. For deficit reduction The People's Budget is the right approach. It's the budget that polls show the...
House Conservatives Slash Crush and Topple Act
House Republicans on Tuesday are expected to vote for a bill that will make unmistakably plain their intentions for our government and the work government can and should do for its citizens. They call the bill the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act," but what it does...
